Memorandum-holder



(No Model) E. C. CHENOWETHXU O. B. ROGERS.' MEMORANDUM HOLDER.

No. 582,719. Patented May 18, 1897.

UNITED STATES EMORY O. OHENOVETH, OF BALTIMORE, AND CHARLES B. ROGERS, OF

STEVENSON, MARYLAND. I

MEMORANDUM-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,719, dated May 18, 1897'.

Application filed September 26, 1896. Serial No. 607,056. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we,EMORY O. OHENOWETH, of Baltimore, and CHARLES B. ROGERS, of Stevenson, in the county of Baltimore, State of Maryland, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Memorandum-Holders; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to memorandumholders, our object being to provide such a holder particularly adapted to the use of lecturers.

To this end the invention consists in the various matters hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure l is a perspective of one of the holders in position for use. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the front member. Fig. 4. is a side view showing the present holder in folded position.

The present holder is in the general shape of a pair of spectacles and comprises an inner frame A and an outer frame B, connected to said inner frame, the memorandum-holding devices proper, O, being carried by the outer frame. The inner frame A is of the general appearance of a pair of spectacles,

said frame having the usual nose-piece ci and the bows or similar members a for holding the device upon the nose of the wearer. One of the lenses c2 of thisinner frame (here shown as the left-hand lens) is of any glass suited to the eye of the lecturer, while the other lens as is composite, the upper portion c4 being of a glass corresponding to the lens a2, while the lower portion a5 of the lens is of magnifyingglass.

Supported upon the inner frame A, as by means of the telescopin g connections CLT, is the outer frame B, and it is upon this outer frame B that the memoranda-sheet to be used by the lecturer is supported by the holders proper, O. This mechanism comprises posts c c', eX- tending inwardly from the outer frame, said posts being in upper and lower pairs to support upper and lower rollers c2 and c3, respectively. These rollers are adapted to have attached thereto a strip of paper c4, upon which the lecturers notes are written, and one of the rollers (here shown as the upper one) is provided with a thumb-screw c5.

As -here shown the upper roller c2 is pivoted -directly upon the posts c, while this is not the case with the roller c3. This lower roller is pivoted in straps c, which straps are also pivoted upon the shaft of the roller c2, thus permittin g the lower roller and the sheet carried thereby to be swung upwardly upon the shaft of the upper roller as a pivot. The lower roller is, however, normally held upon the lower posts by means of the shaft c7of said roller being extended beyond the sides of the roller to be engaged by spring-clips o8 upon the posts c. As here shown these springclips comprise arms C9 of resilient material, said arms being spaced a sufficient distance apart to receive the roller-shaft c7, and at a point beyond the shaft, when the same is in position in the clips, said arms are brought together, as at C10, thus preventing the shaft from falling from betweenthe arms. Beyond the point of approach C10' the arms can be outwardly flared, as shown, thus producing guides c11 to direct the shaft to its place between the arms.

Preferably the outer frame is provided with colored or smoked lenses. I

It will now be apparent that if t-he present device is supported upon the nose of a lecturer in a manner similar to that of supporting a pair of spectacles the lecturer is enabled to instantly refer to his notes, the rotation of the roll by the thumbscrew permitting these notes to be advanced at will. The magnifying-lens in the inner frame of course permits the notes to be written in small letters, thus economizing space, while the colored lenses in the outer frame prevent the memorandum-holder from being seen by the audience.

An elastic cord c12 is attached to one of the straps c6 and passes through a suitable guide a8 in the inner frame, whence it falls to be attached to the waistcoat of the lecturer. When, therefore, the lecturer desires to clear the line of vision, it is only necessary to slightly pull the cord cl2, when the straps c6 will be swung upwardly, carrying the lower roll and the memorandum-sheet out of the way. When he again desires to use his notes, the cord is released, thus permitting the straps c to fall, which movement causes the shaft of the lower roller to be engaged by the clips upon the lower set of posts.

Thus there is provided a memorandumholderwhichis small and neat, while the notes are effectually kept from the View of the audience, it being possible to carry the notes from the lecturers line of vision at will. Furthermore, the inner and outer frames being connected by the telescopin g members Ct7 the said frames can be readily folded upon each other, and thus when the bows a are folded over in the usual manner the present device becolnes very compact.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A memorandum holder comprising a fra-lne, of the general shape of a pair of spectacles, and spaced rollers supported in front of one of the lens-frames of said spectacles and adapted to receive a memorandurn-sheet, which holder extends over the lens-framc,si ib stantially as described.

2. A memorandum -holder comprising a frame of the general shape of a pair of spectacles, one of the lens-frames of said frame having posts extending therefrom, and rolls in said posts, said rolls being adapted to receive a memoranduni-sheet, substantially as described.

3. A memoranduln -holder comprising a frame of the general shape of a pair of spectacles, means for holding a memorandumsheet pivoted upon one of the lens-frames of said frame, whereby said memorandum-sheet can be swung out of the line of vision of the lecturer, substantially as described.

4. A memorandum holder comprising a frame of the general shape of a pair of speetaeles, a holder proper for the memorandumsheet comprising rolls having a link connecting the same in which said rolls are pivoted, and inea-ns for pivoting said memorandumholder proper upon one of the lens-frames of the spectacle-frame, substantially as described.

5. A memorandum -holder comprising a frame of the general shape of a pair of spectacles, posts upon one of the lens-frames of said frame, a roller supported in said posts, links upon said roller, and a second roller pivoted upon said links, said rollers being provided with means for the attachment of a memorandum sheet, substantially as described.

6. A memorandum -holder comprising a frame of the general sha-pe of a pair of spectacles, posts extending from one of the lensframes of said frame, a roller pivoted in said post, links pivoted upon said roller, a second roller pivoted upon said links, and a second set of posts upon said lens-frame adapted to receive the second roller, said roller being removable from said post, substantially as described.

7. A memorandum -holder comprising a frame of the general shape of a pair of spectacles, a holder for the memorandum proper pivoted upon one of the lens-frames of said frame, and spring-clips upon the lens-frame adapted to yieldin gl y hold the memorandumholder proper in operative position, substantially as described.

8. A memorandum holder comprising a frame of the general shape of a pair of speetacles, a roller pivoted upon one of the lensframes of said frame, links pivoted upon said roller, a second roller pivoted in said links, the shaft of said roller extending beyond the sides thereof, and spring-clips upon the lensframe adapted to engage the extending ends of the shaft of the second roller and yieldingly hold the same in operative position, substantially as described.

9. A memorandum -holder comprising a frame of the general shape of a pair of spectacles, a holder proper for the memorandumsheet pivoted upon one of the lens-frames of said frame, and means for holding said holder proper in a position in or out of the line of vision of the user, substantially as described.

lO. A memorandum-holder comprising a pair of spectacles having a plurality of separated lens-frames, means for attaching a memorandum-sheet to a portion of the outer lens-frame, and a magnifying-lens upon the inner frame in line with the memorandumholder, substantially as described.

ll. A memoranduin-holder comprising a frame of the general shape of a pair of speetaeles, said frame having an outer and inner frame, means upon the outer frame for supporting a memorandum-sheet, a magnifyinglens upon the inner member in line with the memorandum holder, and folding connections between the outer and inner frames whereby they can be folded upon each other, substantially as described.

l2. A memorandum-holder comprising a frame of the general shape of a pair of spectacles, said frame having an outer and inner frame, means upon the outer melnberfor supporting a memorandum-sheet, a magnifyinglens upon the inner frame in line with the memoran d u x11-holder upon the outer member, and telescoping members connecting the outer and inner frames, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMORY (l. OIIENOVETH. CHAS. B. ROGERS. fitnesses as to Emory C. Chenoweth:

J osnrH Dawson, J. W. HOFFMAN. Witnesses as to Chas. l. Rogers:

JAMES KELLEY, JAMES J. LINDSAY.

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